Padhan meaning | Last name Padhan origin

Lastname Padhan is variation of the Pateman. As pate is a northern provincialism for a badger, the original Pateman may have been a hunter of badgers, just as the patriarch of the Todmans was a catcher of foxes, and the ancestor of the Wontners, a captor of moles.

Variation of Padman. A pad is, in several dialects, an ambling horse. A padman was therefore a man who had the care of such horses, and the name is analogous to Palfriman, Coltman, Horsman, Brockman, etc.

The variant form of Bateman. Anglo-Saxon bát, a boat. A boatman. A less likely derivation is from the Old English bate, strife—one who contends, which is rather supported by the analogous surname Bater. It is probable that the Derbyshire family came from Norfolk (Lysons) and so they may have been descendants of the old Norse vikings. Like many other names terminating in man, this appears to have been originally a baptismal appellation. A Bateman de Apletrewyk occurs in the Hundred Rolls in county of York.

A variant form of Badman. Bead-man, Old English, from Anglo-Saxon bidean. One who prays for another, The word is more commonly written "beadsman."

Padhan is a variant form of the Bateman. The servant of Bate, a pet form of Bartholomew meaning son of talmai, furrow; the man who baited bears kept for amusement.

A form of the Patman. The same as Padman - A pad is, in several dialects, an ambling horse. A padman was therefore a man who had the care of such horses, and the name is analogous to Palfriman, Coltman, Horsman, Brockman, etc.